January 25, 2011 Notes

Chris, Corey and Jill shared a skit related to "Kick Out the Ladder".
Participants highlighted their experiences with "Kicking out the Ladder"--insight from the wiki.

Chris highlighted iTunes.
  • Power Search: nice feature where you can look for an app and sift through the information quickly. It's a search tool that refines your search.
  • Participants created iTunes accounts if they had not already created one.
  • Participants (teachers and students) redeemed their iTunes cards.
  • There was discussion regarding "syncing" accounts to more than one computer/laptop.

Sharing from participants:
www.movieberry.com (already prepared for iPod and iPad downloads)

During break--it was Christmas!! Every participating Design Team member (teacher) received their iPod. Merry Christmas Design Team 2!!!

Corey highlighted the iPod process (screen saver, attaching the skin to the iPod, syncing cables and head phones, etc.).
Corey demonstrated syncing with his new iPod Touch.

from Michele Schmidt: With our staff starting the incorporation of iPod Touches into our classroom, there is something that we soon faced: The battery draining quickly. One of our teachers did some research and found that when you push the power button, it only puts your iPod to sleep. If you want to turn the iPod off totally so it doesn't continue to use battery, hold down the power button until you see a slider at the top of your screen that is red and slide that to the right. Again, this will turn your iPod totally off (works with iPad also). The drawback: It takes a little longer for it to start.

All participants purchased the app, iMovie, and Mobile Mouse Pro (remote/Trackpad)

www.ipevo.com
  • Document Camera for $69.00

Apps discovered through our Investigative Time:

Check out: Bubble Ball (was recently #1 in app downloads)

Online User's Manual:
  • www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch
  • this is also located under "Settings", hit the book icon, and if you have internet access, the iPod Touch User Guide is available online.

Text Free with Voice (updated January 20, 2011) *Brian
  • text people for free
  • texting for the phone is an expense; so "texting free" is a great App

Wind Tunnel ($1.99) *Ryan
  • how the wind circulates around the car

Free German Tutor *Dawn
  • Spanish Word of the Day *Dawn

Free Spanish Essentials by AccelaStudy *Michelle and student
  • Spelling Bug *Michelle and student
  • Air Video $2.99 *Michelle (There is a free video App, too)

Color Splash ($.99) *Marcy and student
  • Dash of Color *Free *Marcy and student

Weather App on the iPod *Suzette's Student
  • You can delete Cupertino (click the red circle to the left) and hit delete
  • You can add your city--type in the name and/or zipcode--and update.

iBooks and Amazon books *Lori

Overdrive Media Console (ebook format or mp3) *Ben Anthony
  • Virtual Check-In, Check-Out

Nikon SpotOn Ballistic Match Technology ($4.99) *Jim
  • 360 Panorama ($1.99) *Jim's student
  • DSLR for Dummies *Jim

MathFUNdamentals *Marilyn
  • Houzz Interior Design Ideas

Business Masterminds *Annette
  • iHandy Level *Annette's student
  • The Weather Channel *Annette's student
  • Cool Facts *Annette's student
  • 9000 Awesome Facts and Laws *Annette's student
  • Angry Birds Free *Annette's student

Speed Anatomy Lite (Quiz) *Becky

Carpenter's Helper Lite *Devin
  • Word Lens ($9.990) *Devin
  • Can go to YouTube and watch Introducing Word Lens

Alarm Clock Free *Chad
  • Alarmed--Reminders, Timers, etc. *Chad
  • ChordBank for Guitar *Chad
  • iConveter Lite-Measurement, etc. *Chad

Other apps shared:
  • Pandora *Carol
  • NBC News *Rhonda
  • CNN News *Corey
  • Whiteboard Lite: Collaborative Drawing *Corey
  • Zippo Lighter *Chris
  • Old Booth *Jill
    • MobileMonet Lite *Jill

Adding Wi-Fi:
  • settings, tap on wi-fi and then select cphotspots
  • make sure the cone-shaped signal is activated and you are getting the single

Devin suggested some cool speakers: x-mini (purchased through Amazon for approximately $25.00).